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11.12.2015 ANNUAL REVIEW 2015  Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

11.12.2015 SADARA  First LLDPE line starts up / C8 grades manufactured using Dow's technology

11.12.2015 PLASTICS AND HEALTH  ECHA committees favour restricting BPA-containing cash register receipts / Debate over French plans for ban / Opinions sent to EU Commission for decision

10.12.2015 BASF  New capacity for pigments at Ludwigshafen / Expanded output already in the Chinese market

10.12.2015 POLYNT  Carbon fibre-reinforced SMC production begins in Germany / Maleic acid anhydride capacity raised

09.12.2015 DOW  US chemicals giant said to be in talks with DuPont over potential merge / Combination would create company worth USD 120 bn / Plans for three-way split of activities / Response to shareholder pressure?

09.12.2015 RTP  License to produce Solvay's “Torlon” PAI compounds / Materials used to produce high-performance parts

08.12.2015 ARAB GULF STATES  Positive outlook for GCC chemicals / Saudi Arabia offers opportunities to downstream investors / New petrochemical projects temporarily halted / Exports to China continue to grow

08.12.2015 COVESTRO  MDI line in Tarragona to be shuttered / “Non-competitive production cost”

08.12.2015 A. SCHULMAN  Work starts on joint Saudi PP plant / Warehouse opened in Turkey / Portfolio on display at "Plast Eurasia"

07.12.2015 BAALBAKI  PU producer commissions polyols facility / Targeting Middle Eastern, North African and European markets

03.12.2015 SHELL  Huge alpha olefins plant to go up in Geismar / Largest global site for LLDPE co-monomers

02.12.2015 UK  Are the energy prices for chlorine production in Runcorn falling? / Potential exemption from climate tax

01.12.2015 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  “Biodegradables” part of the marine litter problem, not the solution / UNEP report

30.11.2015 THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS  SBCs remain most important despite mature markets / Strong growth continues in Asia-Pacific and China / TPVs see fastest gains from new applications / Freedonia report

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